• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Starting June 9, a “car-free Sunday” scheme will be implemented in Bacolod City, according to Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez. Every Sunday, from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., vehicles are prohibited from a 1.2 kilometer stretch of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cadiz City in Negros Occidental is a finalist for the “Walang Gutom” Awards of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), with its entry Project PAT-BAGSIK or Pagkaon Aton Tatapon-Bata Aton Giyahan sa Iya Kaalam.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Elections reminded eligible voters that they have until September 30 this year to register, in order to vote in next year’s elections. The call was made by Provincial Comelec supervisor Atty. Ian Lee
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 67-year old American is now detained at the police custodian facility in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, allegedly for alarm and scandal. The complainant, a passenger bus driver, told the police that the foreigner created a scandalous
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City will soon go plastic-free. Starting June 3, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez said that single-use plastics, such as straws, bags, cutlery, water bottles, styrofoam containers, stirrers, and condiment packets will be banned in all Victorias
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command ordered the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and its infantry units to keep up the operational tempo against remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros and Panay. Let
The leadership change in the Senate may be good for the proposed amendment of the Constitution’s restrictive economic provisions, according to veteran lawmaker-lawyer Edcel Lagman of Albay, a press release from the House of Representatives said. He was referring to
Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas (TUP-V) received two citations during the 3rd Regional Quality Awards held at the Urdaneta Hall, University of San Agustin in Iloilo City on Wednesday. Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Director Raul C. Alvarez Jr.
FESTIVE. One of the six contingents that competed in the “Paindisay sa Manlambus” arena showdown, yesterday at the Escalante City Coliseum, during the 26th Manlambus Festival.* Andrew Altarejos photo
We are given a good picture of what the implications and consequences of true Christian love are in one of the alternative first readings of the Mass on May 31, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Confirmed cases of pertussis in Negros Occidental have further risen to 36, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ma. Girlie Pinongan disclosed yesterday. Of the 100 pertussis-related cases in the province, Pinongan also reported that 50 turned out
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Board Member Anton Occeño yesterday clarified that there was no announcement or endorsement, from five mayors in the 5th district of Negros Occidental, of Dina Arroyo-Tantoco, a niece of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. There
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that changing the Negros Island Region name to Negros Island Siquijor Administrative Region (NISAR) may not be a priority for now. Stressing that NIR is now a law
EXERCISE. The BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) will represent the Philippine Coast Guard in the Regional Marine Pollution Exercise (MARPOLEX) 2024, with the Japan and Indonesia Coast Guards, within the territorial waters of Bacolod City, from June 24 to 28.*
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has ordered the temporary suspension of the lending of Bacolod City government vehicles, following the involvement of the LGU’s tourist bus in a vehicular crash on June 14 in Don Salvador Benedicto,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The absence of human settlements within the four kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) of the Kanlaon volcano within La Castellana, Negros Occidental, is being pushed by Mayor Alme Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan. The mayor disclosed on Wednesday
